Demons Battle

I'm not gonna lose

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Ashlee was a beautiful red haired girl also with red colored eyes who was born in the United States but she grew up in Osaka, Japan.

It all started when she was ten years old. She started experiencing a feeling of pleasure from other peoples suffering. Although she didn’t fully notice this feeling at that time but she knew she was different.

When someone got an injury other people would usually feel sorry for that injured person but for her it was different. She usually felt this sense of happiness from seeing someone injured. She felt this pleasure from it.

When people cry from a heart break or a bad news of some sort she was happy. She was usually happy to see people experiencing Bad moments.

One time her little brother even made her angry and they both fought. When he fell and sprained his ankle, in that moment she felt happy. It was as if she didn’t want that feeling she was feeling to ever go away at that moment.

Since she was a powered human she found Demons Battle thrilling. The fact people fought and hurt themselves in this sport it was something she wanted to be part of even if she didn’t know why at that time. 

She didn’t know she had a problem until she was sixteen years old. She broke almost the entire bones in her boyfriend’s body while having sex with him. It was then she was told she had a problem. It was then she understood the meaning of the term sadist. She was a Sadist.

“I’m sorry Ted. I don’t know what I was thinking” Ashlee said while crying by the side of a brown haired man in the hospital bed.

“What the hell are you doing here? Are you here to kill my son? Please call the security!” A middle aged woman screamed as she tried to drag Ashlee out of the hospital room.

It was during this moment she knew she needed help. She applied for therapy and after a month her boyfriend came back to her. According to him it she was his true love and he told her that ‘he’s willing to stand by her till she sees her condition through’.

After three months of therapy, improvements became visible. Her relationship with her boyfriend was still going on.

But then it happened all over again, she used her boyfriend as a means of fulfilling her sadistic pleasure during sex. This time she almost killed him.

Due to her condition she was locked away in an asylum. It was at this moment she deemed herself not worthy of any kind of salvation. She wanted to kill herself but something in her wouldn’t let her.

After another three months in the mental asylum, she was approached by Nakamura sensei. Nakamura sensei convinced her to come under his care in order for him to help her with her condition.

After that she went with Nakamura sensei, she immediately met Sora and Daniel who were still under the care of Nakamura sensei.

After spending some time with Nakamura sensei she decided to join the dojo.

 Ashlee was known for one battle strategy which was she never initiates the first attack, due to her zone she just stays on the defense and counteract her opponent till her opponent had realized he or she have no way of winning. And in that moment of her opponent’s lost hope she gives her attack which knocks out her opponent. In other words she defeats her opponent mentally to avoid an all out fight.

This was her initial plan with the help of William but with the plan failing she had to take her move. But she’s already too lost to realize that she might be going too extreme right now.

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Sora knew what he was up against but he didn’t expect her recent development.

He stood up and he saw Ashlee approaching him with an overwhelming pressure.

[1:02]

Sora’s aura was also changing right now. He had to defend his team in a minute time. Even if there was little time left for Ashlee, it didn’t seem like there was a little time left for her. That one minute was already enough time for Ashlee to take both of them down.

‘I’ll have to hold her off. I’ll have to move more faster’

In that moment Sora started walking towards Ashlee.  He immediately vanished and appeared behind Ashlee. In a fast pace he gave her a solid blow. The blow was so strong that Ashlee herself felt the impact but unfortunately for Sora, it was Ashlee’s mirage he attacked.

The real Ashlee had already sneaked up behind him with an intention to land her own attack.

“That’s not gonna work again. I can go more faster then” Sora shrieked.

Sora vanished in that instant and appeared behind the real Ashlee and gave another blow.

“Hahaha..and who says I can’t move faster too” And immediately Sora heard Ashlee’s voice from behind him.

‘Shit. I hit a mirage again.’ Sora complained in his mind.

Ashlee created another mirage in order to perform another sneak attack on Sora again.

“I can do this all day” Ashlee shrieked in excitement as she tried to give him a blow

“And so can I!” Sora vanished immediately and appeared behind her again.

They both kept attacking and counteracting each other. Dozens of exchanges were done in a short amount of time.

“Wow they are really move fast right now”

“Team D is keeping up really well”

“The red haired girl is pretty strong though”

People from the audience went on commenting as they attentively watched the fight scene.

“Her clones she makes. They seem more like speed mirages.” Daniel said while trying to anticipate Ashlee’s ability.

“Huh? Speedster? But Ashlee is not a speedster.” Daisuke belatedly reacted to Daniel’s comment.

“I know. But these cloning skills she’s performing right now are more like a speedster’s speed mirages”

“How do you know that?”

“Because I have met a speedster before. I know they are very rare but a speedster can move so fast that he immediately leaves a speed mirage behind with his consciousness in it.” Daniel spoke as he continued explaining.

“She’s living mirages just like a speedster. If you’re seeing her for the first time, you’ll probably assume she’s a speedster. But she’s a bit different from a speedster.”

“Different?” Daisuke asked in curiosity.

Meanwhile at the other end of the stadium Machia and Tom were having exactly the same conversation.

“Huh? she’s not behaving like a speedster? What do you mean by that? She’s actually moving like a speedster.” Tom reacted as he argued with Machia.

“Wait. I mean yes she’s moving like a speedster but at the same time her speedster ability is also lacking” Machia said as he placed his right hand on his chin while watching the fight attentively. He also continued to explain.

“Yes she moves fast just like a speedster. She lives speed mirages just like a speedster but there’s one thing I know about speedsters.”

“...”

“When a speedster creates a speed mirage. That speed mirage doesn’t just disappear in a few seconds..”

“...”

“The speed mirages of a speedster last way longer and the worst part is..”

“The speed mirage of a speedster can think in other words. A speed mirage created by a speedster are as conscious as a real person.”  Daniel concluded from the other end of the stadium. Daniel and Machia were surprising both explaining this same fact to their seat-mates while watching the fight still going on. They were both at different areas in stadium.

“But her speed mirage doesn’t look that conscious.” Machia concluded.

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[00:51]

“I would like to continue playing like this but I gotta move now.”

In that instant Ashlee moved so fast that she created up to three mirages surrounding Sora. All three mirages were attempting to hit Sora until he vanished.

Air waves was released from the middle of the three mirages and they all disappeared after that. Sora was no longer in the middle of them.

He had already teleported to where Gabriel was.

“You can run but you can’t hide forever Sora! I’m sure you understand once I catch you. It’s all over for you.” Ashlee said as she glanced towards Sora.

“That’s if you can catch me” Sora immediately chuckled.

“Okay let’s see then!” Ashlee shrieked as she pressed forward to attack.

But in that instant Gabriel appeared in front of Ashlee with an attempt to attack.

‘Huh?.. What’s wrong with this fool? He should be able to tell that he can’t keep up with me’ Ashlee started anticipating the situation as she saw Gabriel trying to throw a punch in her front.

‘Huh...hehehe..what a fool. Is this courage all what? I can see everything. I can see your every move.You’re just too slow.’  Ashlee chuckled inwardly as she looked at Gabriel with contempt.

For the people among the powered humans students who were keeping up with the pace of the fight they knew the that fact...

“You’re just too slow!” Ashlee spoke out with a smile as she looked at Gabriel who was still attempting to attack by throwing a punch.

“I guess I’ll just knock you out first before Sora.” Ashlee said as she clenched her right  fist. She drew her right arm backwards with an attempt to land her own punch on Gabriel. Although she was the second person who  attempted to attack with a punch, her blow was already reaching Gabriel before his blow could reach her.

In that split second Sora smiled from where he was standing and muttered..

“Hmm. That’s if you can knock him out.”

Gabriel was still staring at her while moving to attack. Her fist were already close to his face when he recalled a memory. It was a memory from months ago.

( “Tom can you help me do something?”

“Okay...what kind of help are you talking about?” Tom immediately answered Gabriel with curiosity.

 They were both at the gym right now.

 Gabriel was looking at the screen displaying his Agility Grade Point at [7%].

“Do you mind Donating your DNA to the scientific research organization?” Gabriel eagerly asked in a polite manner.

“Huh? Why would I wanna donate my DNA to those guys?”

“That’s because I find your ability of phasing really amazing Tom senpai. And if Doctor Mark is going replicate any ability for me I’d like it to be yours. So please Tom senpai” Gabriel bowed towards Tom in the Gym.

Tom immediately gave Gabriel an astonished look before smiling.

“Alright. I’ll do it.” 

“Really???” Gabriel asked again in excitement. He was still in disbelief and he wanted to confirm that he was hearing correctly.

“Yeah. I said yes. But first you’ll have to get your agility grade point to 15%.” Tom said with a smile.

“Thanks very much Tom senpai”. Gabriel shrieked as he gave a bow.

“Alright let’s go rest”

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“Wow..this is..” Doctor Mark mumbled with excitement while looking through a microscope.

“So can you give me his phasing ability” Gabriel asked out of curiosity.

“Yes I can definitely work on it!” Doctor Mark said with a big smile. )

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In that split second Gabriel’s passed memories flashed in his mind. He immediately chuckled while looking at Ashlee fists which was already close to his face.

‘Thank you Tom senpai. Thanks to your help we’re gonna win this fight.’

*Swishs*

“What?”

“What the hell?”

There was immediately a moment of silence all over the stadium. Everyone had an astonished facial expression right now including Daisuke.

“He.. he just..” 

“Did he just phase through me?” Ashlee thought with a stupefied expression. She too was also in shock. She passed through Gabriel with her punch attack like he wasn’t even there. It was as if she was attacking nothingness.

“Hey our turn to attack now!”

And before she knew it Sora was already crouching beside her, before she could react a loud sound was heard.

*Bah* 

[And That’s a Solid Hit!]

The commentator’s voice was heard as Ashlee was seen flying away from the impact of Sora’s strong blow to her head.

[What an amazing team work between those two! And wow Did Gabriel just phase? Has he been keeping this trump card since? What a kid?]

“Wow amazing! They finally took her down”

“Wow they won.”

“Ye!” 

There was a lot of positive energy from the audience right now. Both Sora and Gabriel were still standing. Sora was just waving to the audience while Gabriel was breathing really heavily like someone who just ran a marathon. It seemed like his Phasing ability took a huge toll on him.

“Wow they really did it.” Daisuke said as he stared at Ashlee who was already lying unconscious on the battle ground.

“...”

“Come to think of it. There were still just thirty seconds left before she lost” Daisuke said with a smile as he glanced towards the big screen.

[00:31]

‘I know they won but Something doesn’t feel right’ Daniel stared at the scene with his eyes narrowed.

Gabriel and Sora were still standing in the arena. Sora was smiling and waving to the audience with a sense of happiness.

[And that’s a knock-]

[What the hell..]

In that instant a figure appeared behind Sora and Gabriel.

*Baaaaaah*

And immediately a sound was heard. Sora was immediately seen propelling to the other end of the stadium as he collided with the battle ground wall. Sora fell to the ground unconscious after his collision with the wall.

“How? Wait don’t tell me?” Shock was written in the whole of Daisuke’s face.

 He instinctively glanced towards where Ashlee was lying down unconscious. The unconscious body was already disappearing.

“That was a Speed mirage!!!” Daisuke screamed out in shock.

“What the hell that was a speed mirage?”

“Oh damn just when they though they won.”

The Audience started to comment after the huge shock

“I see..she was able to keep this particular speed mirage much longer. Since the speed mirage didn’t disappear like her previous mirages she created they both just assumed that the speed mirage was the real deal..They both let their guard down and they are now going to lose because of it” Daniel commented as he stared at the scene.

Although the whole audience were shocked at the recent turn out of the fight, Daniel still had his nonchalant composure while speaking.

[And that’s a Knock out! Team D member Sora has been knocked out! What an unexpected event. She really is the Goddess!]

Ashlee was currently holding the neck of Gabriel with her left hand . She was currently preventing Gabriel from moving.

“Huh...That hit finally did the job.” Ashlee said as she chuckled...” I thought I told him that he can run but he can’t hide from me. I am the Goddess!”

“Shit! How did you?” Gabriel said as he struggled to break free from Ashlee’s hold.

“Huh..you mean how did I knock him out you? You both thought you could outsmart me. Stupid fools...you can’t outsmart the Goddess! I see everything!”

‘Shit..I have to break free’ Gabriel continued struggling. He was about to move his fist.

“Oh no I’m not letting you use that. Time to go sleep” With just her left hand Ashlee forced Gabriel to collide with the ground.

“Wow Such amazing power! She smashed him to the ground with just her left arm”

“She’s terrifying.”

The audience all commented as they looked at the scene.

“I can’t believed it. But she really is going to win. She turned the tide around just when her time was almost over.” Daisuke said with his attention still on the fight.

He glanced at the big screen and saw the remaining time.

[00:20] 

“Twenty seconds Huh. That’s already enough time to knock him out.” Daisuke said with pity. 

“But wait he can use his phasing right?” Daisuke immediately spoke out. Deep down in his heart he didn’t want Team D to lose.

“No I don’t think he can do that. If he could he would have already broken free from her hold from the very beginning. It looks like he can’t just use that phasing ability of his anytime he wants” Daniel concluded as he spoke nonchalantly as usual.

“Shit” Gabriel muttered in pain.

Gabriel was already lying down on the ground with Ashlee already on top of him. But he could see the Big screen while lying down.

[00:18]

‘Wait that’s her deadline to knock me out. If she’s unable to knock me out before her time runs out we will win.’

*Bah* 

“Ahhhh”

Immediately a sound of a solid hit was heard. Ashlee gave Gabriel a blow to the face.

[00:17]

‘I’m not gonna let her knock me unconscious. Beat the pain’ Gabriel tried to stay conscious even after her first hit.

“Im..not..gonna lose..” Gabriel said in pain with his mouth already bleeding.

[00:16]

“ Huh? Are you trying to stay conscious till my time runs out” Ashlee said as she glanced at the big screen behind her.

“Hahaha...well how about I increase my blow power then?”

*Baaah*

Another louder sound of a blow was heard.

“Kwaacck”

[00:15]

“Is he..”

“He’s trying to stay conscious till her time runs out. If she doesn’t knock him out along with Sora her team would lose.” Daniel said out the observation before Daisuke could finish his statement.

“How about I increase the power even more?”

*Baaah*

‘Man this guy is really something else. Keeping trying to keep himself conscious in such a situation of intense pain. He really has a hell of a resolve. The situation makes it bad since he’s a regular human’ Daniel thought as he kept watching the cruel scene.

“She’s gonna kill him”

“She’s so terrifying “

There was already silence among the audience. They all watched the scene of such cruelty.

*Bah* Bah* Bah*

[00:10]

“..I’m..I’m.. not “ Gabriel stuttered as he struggled to speak. His whole face were all swollen and already covered in blood. Even Ashlee’s fist were drenched in blood.

“Hahaha..I thought Sora was the best but Gabriel you’re way better “ Ashlee said as she laughed. She was currently enjoying this scene.

She immediately continued the series of hit but she stopped after a series of blows to check if Gabriel was already unconscious.

[00:08]

“..I’m..I’m”  Gabriel was still speaking.

“Alright I’ll just punch till the end then!” Ashlee said as she immediately increased the pace of her blows.

*Bah*Bah*Bah*Bah*

[00:05]

*Bah*

[00:04]

*Bah*

Her fast pace of attacks continued with the whole audience just silent.

[00:03]

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[00:02]

*Bah*Bah*

[00:01]

*Bah*Bah*Bah*

[00:00]

.......

After that the commentator’s voice was heard.

[And we have a Winner!!! ]